We are 95 pct of the way to a coalition deal, German SPD says

By Paul Carrel BERLIN, Feb 6 (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) are around 95 percent of the way to reaching a coalition deal, an SPD negotiator said on Tuesday, adding, however, the deal would not be a “masterpiece”. Negotiators from both blocs agreed late on Monday that more time was needed to reach a deal on renewing the…